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Each year, roughly 2.0% of Florida students graduate with degrees in nursing.
That means an estimated 9,908 nurses graduate from Florida's 72 BSN schools each year.

Top Schools

The top-ranked school in Florida with a BSN program is University of Miami, which is located in Miami. In 2010, it was ranked 20th nationwide.
In 2010, 149 students graduated from University of Miami's BSN program.
Students at University of Miami paid $37,836 per year in tuition fees.

The second-ranked school in Florida that has a BSN program is University of Central Florida. University of Central Florida, which was ranked 20th in the country in 2010, is located in Orlando.
517 students graduated with degree in BSN from University of Central Florida in 2010.
Tuition at University of Central Florida was $5,021 per year.

University of South Florida-Main Campus, which is located in Tampa, is the third-ranked school in Florida that has a BSN program. It received a ranking of 28th in the country in 2010.
In 2010, University of South Florida-Main Campus graduated 433 students from its BSN programs.
The tuition rate at University of South Florida-Main Campus was $5,198 per year.

Cost

If you choose to attend a Florida BSN school, average tuition will be $8,093 per year. However, tuition at your particular institution may range from $2,158 per year to $37,836 per year.
In 2010, the BSN schools that charged the highest tuition rates in Florida were:

University of Miami - located in Miami, students are charged $37,836 per year

Barry University - located in Miami, students are charged $27,200 per year

Jacksonville University - located in Jacksonville, students are charged $26,600 per year

The lowest tuition rates at Florida BSN schools were charged at the following schools:

Palm Beach State College - located in Lake Worth, students are charged $2,158 per year

Santa Fe College - located in Gainesville, students are charged $2,167 per year

Pensacola State College - located in Pensacola, students are charged $2,179 per year

A BSN degree from a Florida school... what next?

In Florida, the largest numbers of nurse work in the following counties:

Hernando County - 25,300 nurses

Miami-Dade County - 22,970 nurses

Lake County - 18,350 nurses

Projected Growth

The government projects that by 2018, the number of nurses in the state of Florida will grow to 187,380. This would require a 24% growth in the profession.

Salary

nurses in Florida earn $63,010 per year on average.
However, this number is only an average. Nurse in Florida had varying salaries from $31,890 to $91,820 per year in 2010.
On average nurse earn the most in the following Florida counties:

Miami-Dade County - $69,070 per year

Collier County - $67,670 per year

Broward County - $67,410 per year

Nurses in the following counties in Florida make the lowest salaries on average:

Charlotte County - $49,200 per year

Okaloosa County - $49,630 per year

Escambia County - $54,340 per year

On average, the highest paid nurses in Florida were:

Registered Nurse - $63,010 per year

On average, the lowest paid nurses in Florida were:

Registered Nurse - $63,010 per year

More Information

For more data regarding a career in nursing in Florida and to compare salaries with various related fields such as LPN or RN, take a look at the graphs and charts below.